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A search around the MWC in Barcelona for something more interesting revealed a phone which can perform an ECG, a headset you operate by shaking it about like a loon, and a touchscreen that touches you back. Mobile phones have morphed into black slabs these days, better distinguished by the logo on the front than any …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    An ECG is all very well...

    ..but where's the phone that you can use as a defibrillator?

    Actually I'm surprised Taser hasn't got a phone out too.

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  2. Cameron Colley

    We're there any real keyboards?

    Are any manufacturers planning on making high end smart phones with real qwerty keyboards, or are they all hoping to drop them in favour of flat glass?

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    1. J. Taylor
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      Re: We're there any real keyboards?

      Blackberry mostly, with the 9900 and 9820 with occasional forays from nokia with the e-6

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  3. R.Moore

    Feedback at the fingertips

    I wonder if the technology could be used to provide Braille to the blind.

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